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Fri 01/08/10


Total Messages Posted: 9



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     1. 05:49 AM - Pilot Cert Expiring ( Paper ) March 2010 (planecrazzzy)
     2. 07:32 AM - toe-in (frank.goodnight)
     3. 08:46 AM - Re: toe-in (John Hauck)
     4. 08:46 AM - Re:  (Ron @ KFHU)
     5. 08:59 AM - Politics and Kolbs (Ron @ KFHU)
     6. 09:02 AM - Thanks (frank.goodnight)
     7. 09:05 AM - Re: Good winter gloves (Ron @ KFHU)
     8. 12:35 PM - Re: Thanks (russ kinne)
     9. 08:05 PM - Re: Comedy act for all Kolbers (whiskeyvictor36@aol.com)
 
 
 


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    Time: 05:49:04 AM PST US
    Subject: Pilot Cert Expiring ( Paper ) March 2010
    From: "planecrazzzy" <planecrazzzy@yahoo.com>
    Hey Guys, I don't know if you have already talked about this...? Just thought I'd pass it along... My Repairman's Cert is Plastic ( No SSN ) But My Pilot Lic is Paper ( With SSN ) The paper is expiring March... You need to replace it with Plastic... Here are the links that talk about it... and the one to file for a new one ( FREE )... . . Gotta Fly... Mike & "Jaz" in MN . . Here's the link, you need to do this! http://www.faa.gov/licenses_certificates/airmen_certification/expiring_paper_certificates/ Dave Conrad On Jan 7, 2010, at 8:03 PM, sstanroberts@aol.com wrote: Anybody heard about the paper pilots lic expiring in March?? Stan 9052C http://www.faa.gov/licenses_certificates/airmen_certification/expiring_paper_certificates/ pilot certficate expiration march 2010 - Google Search -------- . . . . Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=280655#280655


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    Time: 07:32:29 AM PST US
    From: "frank.goodnight" <frank.goodnight@att.net>
    Subject: toe-in
    Hi all Too cold here in the valley to do much of anything except set in the house and whine about the weather.--no heat in the shop-. I put a 3/4 windshield on my firestar but still don't enjoy flying when it's below 50F. Started mounting the steel gear legs and large wheels and tires --a la Larry Cotrell-- , I've had them for about a year , too lazy to put them on. It is a fairly large project what with adapting the A/C wheels to the little matco brakes etc. also mounting a maule tail wheel. Bent and straightened the aluminium ones often enough that it's time to change. My question is-- Anyone know what is a good toe in for a firestar 2 ? Frank Goodnight cold in Brownsville ,TX


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    Time: 08:46:33 AM PST US
    From: "John Hauck" <jhauck@elmore.rr.com>
    Subject: Re: toe-in
    > My question is-- Anyone know what is a good toe in for a firestar 2 ? > > Frank Goodnight Frank G/Gang: When it comes to toe in, like a lot of things on our Kolbs, I believe it is a matter of dealers choice. Several things to remember when setting up main gear: 1 - Because of the design and material, there will be some slop in the installation. 2 - When brakes are applied, the mains will tend to twist the legs and toe in. I set mine up with just a tad of toe in. How much is a tad? Not much. Just enough to realize it is not neutral or toe out. I have been pretty lucky and never suffered from adverse tire wear. My buddy, John Williamson, used to scrub the tread off his tires in a short time. However, the gear legs on the Kolbra were much, much longer than the gear legs Brother Jim came up with on my MKIII. Total length of my legs is 24" with 18" exposed and 6" inside the gear leg socket. I don't get near the twist and flex a standard MKIII leg gets. I'm pretty much confined to the house. Beautiful clear blue sky and 23F. Was 17F when I got up this morning. Too dad gummed cold for the Heart of Dixie. john h mkIII


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    Time: 08:46:41 AM PST US
    From: "Ron @ KFHU" <captainron1@cox.net>
    Subject: Re: : Kolb-List:
    Or, you can move the gate about 600 ft and then you can T.O & L all within the front yard. (if you got the frontage). Anyway for my next home that's my dream! :-) Ron @ KFHU =============== ---- b young <by0ung@brigham.net> wrote: ============ Still, I do like the idea of raising the tail really high (over 10')....if I ever needed to. Then I could go through the gate without having to just squeeze through. Mike Welch When you get to the gate take some chalk and mark your tire position,,, when you are happy with the location, take a can of spray paint and paint a small dot, or row of dots. I would envision a trailer with a long c channel for the tail wheel. lift the tail wheel into the c channel.then push the plane back to the ramps for the main gear, have them mounted on a pivot, or teeter totter 5 ft on one side 1 ft on the other. with the plane on the ground the ramp ends would hit the ground,,,, when the plane is on the trailer, the wheels would be just past the pivot point of the ramp and hold the ramps off the ground. You may only have to roll the plane up 4 inches or so for clearance. Boyd -- kugelair.com


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    Time: 08:59:09 AM PST US
    From: "Ron @ KFHU" <captainron1@cox.net>
    Subject: Politics and Kolbs
    We live in hysterical times. Every-time some fanatic in the name of Islam wants to kill people with an airplane the Napolitano crowd and Neo Fascists go into overdrive. All we can wait for is some homicide bomber to blow themselves up, and then people will be banned from everything. Unfortunately for the families involved in those accidents its well proven that small aircraft cause minimal damage and they are no threat to anything that may scare Corporate Land. We all know that unless the Corporations are threatened (which really means the super rich puppet masters) there will not be a push to do away with our freedoms. Soccer moms, effeminates, etc really don't have a very long attention span, after a short while they forget the initial excitement and stop pursuing the "well they got to do something". So I think for the time being we are all fairly safe from additional encroachment on our liberty to fly Kolbs and Beechcraft, and so on. ---- Dana Hague <d-m-hague@comcast.net> wrote: ============ At 06:04 AM 1/6/2010, pj.ladd wrote: >Do you think that the natural `authority must be wrong` attitude is a bit >overdone in this case. > >Given the present security mad atmosphere would you be happy that anyone >could just roll up and push their plane through a hole in the hedge and >fly away. No control by the airport authority. >If someone did that and turned out to be an `evildoer` (lovely phrase, >could only have been invented by an American) all hell would break loose >and we should have more rgulations imposed than you could shake a stick at. No, I don't think it's overdone. First, the damage an "evildoer" could do with a small plane is very limited, far less than what one could do with. say, a truck filled with explosives. Second, this only applies to airports receiving federal funding, so there are plenty of other airports that may _not_ have this policy for the evildoer to use for his nefarious purposes (another good word, picture Doctor Evil stroking his cat and laughing hysterically while plotting world domination in his Kolb). Third, it doesn't even apply to aircraft on trailers coming through the gate... it only applies to people who own property directly adjacent to the airport (i.e. fly-in communities and businesses adjacent to the airport)... a small enough group that the airport authority presumably can verify that they're aren't "evildoers". It's all about pointless expansion of government power, by bureaucrats who don't have a clue, to please people who don't have a clue. -Dana do not archive -- Society is like a stew. If you don't keep it stirred up, you get a lot of scum on top. -- kugelair.com


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    Time: 09:02:16 AM PST US
    From: "frank.goodnight" <frank.goodnight@att.net>
    Subject: Thanks
    I would like to publicly thank Travis of TNK for his efforts on my behalf in getting the CM gear legs heat treated. He went out of his way to help me. The folks at Kolb really try and treat their customers right, or better than right. especially considering, they know that I have already spent most of the money I will ever spend with them. Frank Goodnight Brownsville, TX


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    Time: 09:05:13 AM PST US
    From: "Ron @ KFHU" <captainron1@cox.net>
    Subject: Re: Good winter gloves
    Snowmobile gloves will take care of that. I had the same problem with the Harley. Even at 45f flying that Pterodactyl scare machine got my hands numb with border line hypothermia for the rest of the body. ---- Richard Pike <richard@bcchapel.org> wrote: ============ Got a question for you Kolbers who live up Nawth and have more experience with serious deep-freeze weather than we do here in Tennessee. Was out in the hangar for a bit today, and could not keep my hands warm. Have several pairs of work gloves, ski gloves, etc. and none of them are worth beans. Have about quit flying during this part of the year because it's my hands that always get too cold first. Suggestions? Online sources to buy them? Thanks Richard Pike MKIII N420P (420ldPoops) Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=280410#280410 -- kugelair.com


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    Time: 12:35:03 PM PST US
    From: russ kinne <russkinne@mac.com>
    Subject: Re: Thanks
    Frank, I concur. Unfortunately, I've spent very little time at TNK, but the folk I met there are top-notch; the very best of people. The world doesn't have nearly enough like them. All the best to you and TNK for 2010 and beyond. Fair winds, Russ K On Jan 8, 2010, at 12:02 PM, frank.goodnight wrote: > <frank.goodnight@att.net> > > > I would like to publicly thank Travis of TNK for his efforts on my > behalf in getting the CM gear legs heat treated. He went out of > his way to help me. > The folks at Kolb really try and treat their customers right, or > better than right. especially considering, they know that I have > already spent most of the > money I will ever spend with them. > > Frank Goodnight > Brownsville, TX > >


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    Time: 08:05:11 PM PST US
    From: whiskeyvictor36@aol.com
    Subject: Re: Comedy act for all Kolbers
    Wow,Wow & Wow again ! That guy can really fly that Cub. I've watched it at least a dozen times now. AV Web Flash, Jan 4, 2010 also has a link to that video including an interview with Kyle Franklin about how hard it is to fly that routine. Go to: _http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/exclusivevids/ExclusiveVideo_KyleFranklin_A irShowComedyAct_201761-1.html_ (http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/exclusivevids/ExclusiveVideo_KyleFranklin_AirShowComedyAct_201761-1.html) On a Kolb note, I just finished installing a much larger trim tab on the aileron to counter a tendency for the left wing to go down. I had a small metal tab before, but it just wasn't up to the job. I followed the Kolb plan and used a piece of .063 Lexan. Now, if I can just get some decent weather to test it out (it's 20F, light snow on the ground and windy). As per the Kolb plan, If the tab is too large, I'll just trim some off until it flies true. Bill Varnes Original Kolb FireStar Audubon NJ Do Not Archive In a message dated 1/4/2010 7:01:34 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, undoctor@ptd.net writes: --> Kolb-List message posted by: David Kulp _undoctor@ptd.net_ (mailto:undoctor@ptd.net) Everyone! My bro sent me this link. What a hoot!!! You'll love it. Dave Kulp Bethlehem, PA http://www.franklinairshow.com/Video/Comedy%202010%20Net.WMV




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